International Ladies’ Garment Workers

There were, however, a few developments in the business and industrial sector. In 1910, Montgomery Ward Company entered into one of the earliest group insurance contracts. More physician service and industrial health plans were established in the Northwest and remote areas. In 1913, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) formed the first union medical service. 

No regulations wae in effect that would have saved lives. The fire did lead to legislatbn requiring improved factory safety standards and helped spur the growth of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and the Women s Trade Union League. 

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